MISS^ 1480 *- 1 " 2 VOL 37 NO. 24 FFA Thank* Pm. Poultry Federation Lynn Hwmlnger, chairman of Iha board of directors of the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation, receives an award from Pennsylvania FFA President Wayne Hasslnger and state FFA Reporter Michelle Kerdeman In appreciation of the efforts by the Poul try Federation to help support FFA in the Mate. The award, called a Diamond Award, was presented during the 25th anniversary annual fund raising banquet at the Her shey Convention Center Wednesday which saw a record I,6ootickets sold. The hinds go for promoting better legislation. Entertainment tar the evening was by Country Western recording star Ronnie Milsap. INDEX Sec. A... Market Reports & General News. Sec. B... Women’s News, Mailbox Markets. Sec. C... General News Sec. D... Business News Sec. E...Classifleds 4-36. Sec. F... Classifieds 1-3. Inventor Of Baler Dies But Contribution To Farming Lives Forever Ivan J. Click Writer Friend Edwin B. Nolt, Baler Inventor, 1910-1992, We’ve lost a Mend, Ed Nolt passed away last Tuesday. But his example, his Christian testimony and his work remain with us. Not many people knew him very well because he shunned publicity. He usually didn’t have very much to say unless you talked Pennsylvani a Dutch. A stranger would never have guessed his genius. He was associated with the New Holland Machine Company from 1940 until a few yean ago but he main tained a quiet reserve even there. Not many Machine Company or Speny people got to know him. But his invention, the automatic pickup baler, was the foundation of that company’s success. For years, thousands of jobs were based on Ed Nolt’s invention. Around the world, livestock farm ing changed as a result of his baler. Lancaster County would have been a different place without him. But not many people know much about that, either. Ed wanted it that way. In his view, as a Christian, it would have been just plain wrong to accept fame or to have people know about his charity. Brother hood and Christian Fellowship were more important to him. Being a stand-out would have interfered Six Sections Allied MUk Producers Hold Annual Dinner GAY N. BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent JONESTOWN (Bedford rn WThe Allied Milk Producers’ "coopSfflfve Inc., representing nine counties, held its annual din ner recently at the Masonic Temple. The gathering of members was for a two-fold reason, according to Dorothy Naugle, dairy marketing specialist. It was to thank the Allied supporters and to share with with things he believed. Ed was bom in 1910 near Vog ansville. Like many Lancaster County fanners, he was a natural bom mechanic. His father had a small farm but mainly he ran a threshing rig. In the off season he operated a saw mill and crashed rock for local fanners with a port able crusher. Ed’s mother was the daughter of a miller. So between mills, threshers, the saw mill and the rock crusher, young Ed grew up with mechanical things. He was 14 when he finished the eighth grade and could quit school. He said he was sure glad to be done with that and have it over with. School didn’t agree with him much. He went along threshing with his tether during die harvest season before he was out of school. He bought the “Rig” from his father and became a custom thresherman on his own by the time he was 19. He opened a gar age at Vogansville the same year. Each year, by the time the threshing season was over, the equipment had to be overhauled. Young Ed decided to put a stop to that So he went over the thresher and rebuilt it He took off the old oil-soaked wooden block bearings and replaced them with bronze or anti-friction bearings and made a (Turn to Pago A 24) Lancaster Raining, Saturday, April 25, 1992 them how the promotion dollars are spent To show how the cooperative targeted promotions, a number of reports and viewed colored slides were presented by Naugle. Bill Parise, president of the Pen nsylvania Special Olympics, head quartered in Rochester, was a spe cial guest at the banquet In his remarks, Parise, (whom Naugle dubbed "the star of the show) praised die Allied Milk Pro Relive history. Here, a 1939 or 1940 9-N antique Ford tractor pulls a 1948 Model 76 New Holland baler. This Isst of the first series baler invented by Edwin No It was pulled out of the museum In July 1990 and put to work on the Aaron Click farm near Lampeter In Lancaster County. The ocasslon was the 40th anniversary of Nolt's baler invention and the 50th anniversary of the 9-N. Martin Denlinger Jr. drives the tractor. Nolt passed awsy this week, but left behind a quiet legacy of mechanical genius from a grade school education that exceeded many doctorates. Photos auppHadby author, aomaara by Earl Ainsworth, Pam Journal. Groups To Grapple With Dairying’s Decline In Maryland KARL BERGER Special Correspondent BALTIMORE, Md. The declining status of the daily indus try in Maryland has prompted action on several fronts in recent weeks. State officials led by Secretary of Agriculture Bob Walker and Ray Miller, president of the Mary land Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, have appointed a task force of fanners and other industry figures to study the prob lems of dairy fanning in Maryland. The 30-member task force, which held its first meeting on Monday in Baltimore, is expected to generate a report before the state’s General Assembly reconvenes in January. ducers' Cooperative for its involvement with Special Olympics. In addition to giving the Special Olympics its largest cash donation in history. Allied Milk Producers' Cooperative helped to raise thou sands of additional dollars through a coupon booklet in conjunction with area businesses. Finally, Parise presented a plaque to die cooperative on which was engraved words of gratitude 609 Par Copy At the same time, members of Maryland Farm Bureau’s dairy committee have begun discussing initiatives that can help fanners stay in business. The committee sponsored a marketing forum Monday that drew about SO far mers to an evening meeting in Walkersville, Md. The actions underscore concern for what has long been the second largest agricultural enterprise behind broilers—in Maryland. As has been the case throughout the Northeast and much of the country in recent years, the number of both dairy farms and cows in Maryland has continued to shrink. In Maryland, however, the (Turn to Pago A 26) for all that has been accomplished by the cooperative for the Special Olympics Winter Games. The board of directors will lose long time member. Jim Harteis, Cambria County, who is retiring after 10 years. Board president, Joel Rose, told the group that Harteis had given invaluable support to the Allied Milk Producers' Co-op during his tenure on the board with words of (Turn to Pago A 27) 19.00 Per Year
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